Includes index.

Growing up in yorkshire -- Psychology in the 1950s : seeds of the cognitive revolution -- The trip of a lifetime -- In search of a job -- From cognitive science to applied psychology -- Psychology under water -- Practical applications and theoretical implications: postmen and watchkeepers -- Acoustic and semantic codes : evidence for separate memory systems? -- From full-time research to a new university -- California and new directions in memory research -- The emergence of semantic memory -- Working memory and the phonological loop -- Working memory and visual imagery -- Returning to the unit -- Encounters with the law -- Stress: from sky diving to anaesthetics -- When long-term memory fails -- Working memory and language -- Boston and the central executive -- Chapter 21psychology around the world -- The episodic buffer -- Patients, parasites and mobile phones -- Working memory in context: neuroscience, emotion and philosophy -- Exploring the episodic buffer -- Summing up: from behaviourism to cognitive neuroscience -- Index.